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Warning over TikTok diet and powerful 'skinny jab' that can be bought online

Under NICE guidelines, Ozempic can only be prescribed to people with Type 2 diabetes who meet certain criteria, such as having a BMI of 30 or more. But the Sunday Mirror discovered the drug can easily be bought online and in beauty salons by people without diabetes.

Irish Mirror

TikTok diet sparks concerns over powerful 'skinny jab' that can be bought online

The 'skinny jab' is usually used as a diabetes drug for weight loss and can be bought online without an NHS prescription but charities are warning it is a loaded gun

Daily Mirror

Jillian Michaels warns against using diabetes drug Ozempic for weight loss

Ozempic went viral on TikTok last year, after it was hashtagged 350 million times

The Independent UK

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The health care system rethinks obesity

Drugs are often unaffordable to those who need them.

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DWP providing over 36,200 people with diabetes up to £156 each week in financial help

A successful claim for PIP is worth between £97.80 and £627.60 every four weeks.

Daily Record

Cheap diabetes drug could 'halve' chances of developing Alzheimer's, study finds

Pioglitazone tablets, which cost around 30p each, have been described as a 'game-changer' in the fight against dementia.

Daily Record

Society has never produced so much food, yet we live in a world where only the rich get to be healthy

It’s not a failure of collective willpower that’s jeopardising our health, but a diet of bad food that’s culturally familiar, low in nutrition and super available

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Alternate-Day Fasting May Benefit Patients With Fatty Liver Disease: Research

University of Illinois Chicago nutrition researchers evaluated 80 persons with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and discovered that those who followed an alternate-day fasting diet and exercised were able to improve their health.

Dynamite News

Former Steeler Hines Ward partners with the NFL Alumni Association to fight obesity

Hines Ward talks about his work with Huddle Up: Let's Talk About Obesity.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Keto-style bush food diet could be key to helping Indigenous Australians to manage type 2 diabetes

A keto-style diet blended with traditional Indigenous ways of eating may be key to helping Aboriginal communities manage type 2 diabetes, researchers say.

ABC News

Wegovy: What you need to know about weight loss drug set to be sold in pharmacies

The controversial appetite-suppressing drug is said to be used by celebrities to manage their weight

The Independent UK

New weight loss jab explained as Wegovy 'skinny' drug comes to the high street

The injectable medication has been hailed by Elon Musk, but it comes with some rather unpleasant side effects.

Daily Record

What you need to know about the weight loss drug set to be sold in pharmacies

Wegovy is said to be favoured by some celebrities. By Prudence Wade.

The Independent UK

Weight loss jabs to be sold via high street chemists in England

Appetite suppressant Wegovy, popular with celebrities, seen as breakthrough treatment but not permanent remedy

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Leeds Live

Asda become first supermarket to offer in store screening for major health condition

Asda’s new partnership with InHealth will provide diabetic screening across 16 of its stores

Nottingham Post

TV doctor's 'Hollywood' weight loss drug warning as Boots set to sell it

Dr Amir Khan revealed semaglutide could have serious side effects and was concerned about patients not being monitored

Wales Online

Jab that can help you lose two stone to go on sale across the UK

Wegovy has been shown to help people lose 12% of their body weight, and will be available at High Street chemists

The Independent UK

Hollywood ‘skinny jab’ to be sold in UK

The drug is used by Hollywood A-listers to help them slim quickly

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Axios

Hyped weight loss drugs raise supply, equity concerns

Sales of the buzzy new class of diabetes drugs have skyrocketed more than 2,000% in 4 years, data from Komodo Health shows.

Evening Standard

Wegovy: Weight loss drug used by Hollywood A-listers ‘to be sold in Boots from Spring’

Wegovy has helped celebrities including Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian to lose weight

The Independent UK

Mothers who give birth to big babies ‘more likely to develop diabetes’, study says

The risk is heightened even in mothers who did not experience gestational diabetes

The Guardian - AU

Chronic disease is the biggest killer of Australians and it’s getting worse, thinktank warns

Accounting for nearly 90% of deaths, urgent funding is needed to avoid millions suffering avoidable illnesses, report says

The Independent UK

Hollywood ‘skinny jab’ set to be sold in UK

The drug is used by Hollywood A-listers to help them slim quickly

Dynamite News

Study: reveals Phthalate exposure may increase risk of diabetes in women

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in plastics may raise the risk of diabetes in women, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Read further on Dynamite News:

Nottingham Post

Major work to tackle obesity in Nottingham as more than half of adults overweight

Work is continuing on a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Nottingham, one of the main focuses of which is reducing the city's obesity levels.

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